From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: nfsservctl(2) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:22:32 -0400 Message-ID: <20110808162232.GC904@fieldses.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-man-AT-vger.kernel.org@fieldses.org, NeilBrown , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: mtk.manpages-AT-gmail.com@fieldses.org Return-path: Received: from fieldses.org ([174.143.236.118]:51729 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752347Ab1HHQWd (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:22:33 -0400 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The nfsservctl system call has long been superceded by a better interface, and is finally getting removed in the 3.1 kernel. I'm not sure what to do with the man page--remove it, or add a note saying it's gone from recent kernels? Do you have something you generally do in such cases? It's been replaced by a set of files in the nfsd filesystem, which is documented in nfsd(7). That man page looks sufficiently up-to-date to cover the functionality previous provided by nfsservctl. (Though I only skimmed it quickly. It might be worth a more careful review some day.) --b.